External vs. Inherent

Externaladjective

Outside of something; on the exterior.

‘This building has some external pipework.’;

Inherentadjective

Naturally as part or consequence of something.

Externaladjective

Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.

Inherentadjective

Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection.

‘The sore disease which seems inherent in civilization.’;

Externaladjective

Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations.

‘external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom’;

Inherentadjective

existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;

‘the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity’; ‘a constitutional inability to tell the truth’;

Externaladjective

(anatomy) Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.

Inherentadjective

present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

Externaladjective

Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.

Inherentadjective

in the nature of something though not readily apparent;

‘shortcomings inherent in our approach’; ‘an underlying meaning’;

Externalnoun

The exterior; outward features or appearances.

Inherentadjective

existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute

‘any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers’;

Externalnoun

(programming) In the C programming language, a variable that is defined in the source code but whose value comes from some external source.

Inherentadjective

vested in (someone) as a right or privilege.

Externaladjective

Outward; exterior; relating to the outside, as of a body; being without; acting from without; - opposed to internal; as, the external form or surface of a body.

‘Of all external things, . . . She [Fancy] forms imaginations, aery shapes.’;

Inherentadjective

(of an adjective) having the same meaning in both attributive and predicative uses.

Externaladjective

Outside of or separate from ourselves; (Metaph.) separate from the perceiving mind.

Externaladjective

Outwardly perceptible; visible; physical or corporeal, as distinguished from mental or moral.

‘Her virtues graced with external gifts.’;

Externaladjective

Not intrinsic nor essential; accidental; accompanying; superficial.

‘The external circumstances are greatly different.’;

Externaladjective

Foreign; relating to or connected with foreign nations; as, external trade or commerce; the external relations of a state or kingdom.

Externaladjective

Away from the mesial plane of the body; lateral.

Externalnoun

Something external or without; outward part; that which makes a show, rather than that which is intrinsic; visible form; - usually in the plural.

‘Adam was then no less glorious in his externals’; ‘God in externals could not place content.’;

Externalnoun

outward features;

‘he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion’;

Externaladjective

happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface;

‘the external auditory canal’; ‘external pressures’;

Externaladjective

coming from the outside;

‘extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph’; ‘relying upon an extraneous income’; ‘disdaining outside pressure groups’;

Externaladjective

from or between other countries;

‘external commerce’; ‘international trade’; ‘developing nations need outside help’;

Externaladjective

purely outward or superficial;

‘external composure’; ‘an external concern for reputation’;